| extra-pulmonary tuberculosis at a regional hospital in thailand. | the purpose of this study was to analyze the cases of extra-pulmonary tuberculosis (eptb) at maharat nakhon ratchasima hospital, a tertiary care regional hospital in northeast thailand. there were 398 cases of eptb (46.9%) and 450 cases of pulmonary tuberculosis (ptb) (53.1%). the mean age of eptb patients (47.58 years) was lower than that of ptb patients (51.6 years) (p < 0.01). human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) seropositivity was found in 50 cases of eptb (12.6%) and 55 cases of ptb (12.2%) w ... | 2008 | 18564694 |